Magnetic Currents: Representations charged by the U.S. and Mexico Border

Magnetic Currents is an exhibition that will span across two spaces on the CSU Channel Islands campus, in both the Broome Library Gallery and Napa Hall Gallery. This series of displays pulls together artists who migrate globally, but who are deeply anchored to the United States and Mexico borderlands. Beyond an address of physical proximity, this show offers nuanced expressions about the complexities of borders.  As active agents of change, each artist draws attention to social injustices through personal journeys. Some deal with the polarities of identity and belonging, as they relate to boundaries and place. Others dissolve borders through their creative processes, as they traverse history, systems of differentiation, and survival. Stereotypes and representation are also considered in a number of works. Magnetic Currents presents a diverse spectrum of experiences and a range of creative approaches charged by the U.S. and Mexico border. Artists in the show share interdisciplinary creative approaches in exploration and discovery, as well as in the application and transmission of knowledge.